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A. C. BARROW PATCH POCKET Filed May 5, 1922 12/ rm i l0 lz y z I \0 I gwwwtoas Alfred C. Barrow Patented June 5, 1 9 .23.

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Applicationfiled May 5, 1922. Serial nassaces. I

Toall whom itmay concern: I

Be it known that I, ALFRED C. BARRoW, a .citizen of the United States, residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Campbell and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Patch I Pockets; and I dohereby declare the followingtobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.1 I

This invention relates .to improvements overalls or work garments, and more paril'icularly to an improved patch pocket there- It is well known that the bottom of the pockets of work garments wear out very quickly due to the miscellaneous objects car j ried in the pockets andit is, therefore, an object of invention to overcome this weakness by providing a reinforced pocket which can be cheaply manufactured and which shall be highly efiicient in use. I The various features of novelty of the invention will appear from the detailed description thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification.

In the drawings, s Figure 1 is a view of the piece from which the improved patch pocket is made; i r Fig. 2 is a view showing the lower part of the piece doubled and stitched to the' main body portion of the piece andincidentally the upper edge hemmed;

Fig. 3 shows the side edges hemmed, Fig. 4 shows the bottom corners turned over preparatory to attaching the piece to the body of the garment,'and 7 Fig. 5 shows the piece attached to the body of the garment. I

In the drawings, 10 indicates the piece of fabric or facing from which the improved pocket is made, 10 indicating a flap 'oreX- tension of the same. of less width than the main body of the piece and is turned and stitched along its transverse edge to the body of the piece or fabric 10 as shown at 11. 'The top of the piece ishemmed as shown at 12and the piece is then ready for attachment to This flap is preferably the body 13 of the garment. In attaching the piece to the body 13 of the garment, the

side edges are first turned as at 14 and the vides a reinforced pocket which can be cheaply manufactured and which is eflicient in use. By providing a flap 10 at the bottomof the mainpiece l0 and doubling said flap and stitching it to the main body portion of said piece not only is the manufacturing operations reduced to the simplest possible state, but a superior reinforced 7 pocket is obtained than is the case where the flap 10 isa detached member which is sewed on to theoutside of the pocket asis customary. It is to be noted that the flap 10 is- .turned to lie inside the pocket rather than outside, a feature which makes it unnecessary to hem the edge 10 of the flap. The flap is preferably of less width than the main body of the piece 10 so as to avoid unnecessary thicknessof material when the side edges of the piece 10 are turned. By

turning the corners 15 as shown, a neater appearing pocket is provided but such turning is optional as regards the main feature of the invention, which is the doubling of the'lower end of the piece 10 and stitching the transverse edge of said flap to the main body portion of said piece. The flap extends upwardly a sufficient distance to take the wear which ordinarily comes at the bottom of the pocket.

The above described invention is ex- .tremely simple but marks a decided improvement in the art inasmuch as the reinforcement is obtained by turning under the portion of the piecewhich comprises the main body portion of the pocket.

What I claim is: I

1. The combination with a garment body, of a facing for forming a pocket therewith, stitching securingthe sides andilower end ofthe facing'to the said body, the lower end of the facing being doubled over to form a reinforce for the bottom of the pocket, said doubled over portion extending upwardly and stitched at its upper edge to the facing above the stitching at the bottom of the pocket.

2. The combination as in claim 1 chgrac: 5 terized by the said doubled over portion be ing disposed between the facing and the garment body.

3. The combination as in claim 1, characterized by this that the width of the doubled over portion is less than the width of the facing proper when laid out fiat.

In'testimony whereof I afiix my signatune.

ALFRED C. BARROW. 

